Herufek – Semuliki Forest, Uganda, Dark 85%

About the bar

This dark bar by Herufek is surprisingly sweet for a chocolate with such a high percentage. The chocolate itself has bright notes of bubble gum and sherbet.

About the maker

Herufek Chocolate was founded in 2015 by Jitka and Michal Herufek, after Jitka started experimenting with making chocolate truffles after graduating with an Economics degree. At the time, the pair were using conventional couvertures to make chocolate bonbons as a hobby and part-time job, but this soon expanded into making their own chocolate using cocoa beans in 2014. After making several bad batches of chocolate from awful beans (despite the beans being organic certified), Jitka and Michal were lucky enough to meet some seasoned makers, like Patrick Walter from Choco Del Sol, and Josef Zotter himself. They were able to buy some great beans from them, and the rest is history – today, Herufek has 6 employees including Jitka and Michal, and make their wonderful bars in South Moravia, Czech Republic.

The beans

The beans in this bar were sourced from Bundibugyo, a district of western Uganda that borders the Semuliki National Park. Renowned for its cocoa production, the district also neighbours the Rwenzori Mountains, a diverse ecosystem that is legendary for holding the source of the Nile River. The beans for this chocolate come from the 2020/2021 harvest.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Cocoa beans bio (85%), sugar cane bio (15%)

*Allergen advice: We directly import, and purchase, all products from independent makers and have these shipped by our partner warehouse (which is not certified allergen-free), and so we cannot guarantee that any product will be allergen-free. Even where an allergen is not listed, products may have been produced, shipped, or stored in facilities which handle allergens.

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